All snow starts as tiny droplets of supercooled water, suspended high in the atmosphere. That’s the only way it can freeze into delicate crystalline snowflakes! Those water droplets will stay liquid as long as they’re suspended in the air without touching anything….
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Thinning always linked to timber plantation management. The aim of thinning is to open growth space for the best trees. Thinning will reduce both below and above competition. Some experts argues that thinning cound be used for the early income…
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Basalt is an ignaceous rock that is formed after flowing lava has cooled quickly. It is this cooling process that gives basalt a fine grain appearance. This greyish-black rock is found on Earth, the Moon, Mars, Venus, and the asteroid…
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I have had a look at the articles written to this title and I believe that I am the only person who is actually using Solar Power to solve my own energy needs. Obviously for this reason I do believe…
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There are several different types of volcanoes but the one that forms some of the largest volcanoes in the world belongs to the group called “shield volcanoes.” A shield volcano can be as wide as three or four miles, and…
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To understand the causes and effect of global warming, you must first know something about natural climate change. The Earth has always experienced climate change due to small variations in orbit and solar intensity. There have always been periodic volcanic…
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A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that extends far out into the sea shore. It usually extends from the line of a coast to a number of miles into the sea and to a point called the…
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While many people are mesmerized by the idea of witnessing a volcanic eruption, the rising column of smoke and ash coupled with the glow of fiery rocks and lava pale in comparison to the event that happens as a result…
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A pyroclastic flow is a movement of material from an erupting volcano. Volcanoes come in many types, relating in part to the acidity of the lava, the level of ash produced and whether they erupt gradually or violently. The word pyroclastic has…
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A volcanic eruption is one of the most awe-inspiring sights of nature. Molten rock, or magma, flows down the volcano’s slopes while boulders are hurled miles into the sky. Yet the most destructive, most lethal part of an eruption is the…
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